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The '''Beyond''' is an unknown location that the people of the [[cosmere]] are drawn to after they die. [[Leras]] occasionally refers to the Beyond as the '''Somewhere Else'''.{{msh ref|1|1}} The [[One]] teaches that the Beyond is the same as the [[Spiritual Realm]], though most other philosophers would disagree.{{wob ref|1729}}
== Transportation ==
{{image|Preservation.jpg|side=right|width=200px|[[Leras]] comforting someone before they go to the Beyond}}
When a person dies, their mind is transported to the [[Cognitive Realm]],{{msh ref|1|1}} though they are not always visible to other people in the Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|11427}} This includes near-sapient lifeforms like [[Ryshadium]]; less sapient lifeforms may also experience this process, though they would transition very quickly and that question is a matter of debate among philosophers.{{wob ref|8313}} For most people, this time in the Cognitive Realm is nothing more than an "in between" step, as their mind is soon pulled into the Beyond.{{msh ref|1|1}} When they go to the Beyond, they appear to stretch toward an unseen, distant point that defies geometry
Before someone moves on to the Beyond, their Cognitive aspect can be returned to their physical body with the proper [[Investiture]], both by use of an Invested Art{{wob ref|5888}}{{book ref|mb6|28}}{{book ref|sa2|88}}{{book ref|sa2.5|8}} or by the act of a [[Shard]].{{wob ref|143}}{{book ref|sa3|38}} It is also possible to escape the pull of the Beyond by entering a [[perpendicularity]] and becoming a [[Cognitive Shadow]],{{msh ref|1|1}}{{wob ref|5784}}{{wob ref|8324}} though this method does not restore a person's ties to the Physical Realm.{{msh ref|2|1}}
[[Allomancy|Allomancers]], [[Feruchemy|Feruchemists]], and people who had a [[Hemalurgy|Hemalurgic]] spike in life can remain in the Cognitive Realm longer before being pulled to the Beyond,{{msh ref|1|1}}{{book ref|mb7|74}}{{wob ref|8313}} while those
What happens in the Beyond itself is unknown in the cosmere and is the question [[Khrissalla|Khriss]] most wants answered.{{wob ref|15029}}
== Shards and the Beyond ==
While the [[Spiritual Realm]] is not the same as the Beyond, that distinction isn't necessarily immediately obvious to [[Shard]]s.{{wob ref|1729}} It does not seem exceedingly difficult to at least grasp the basic premise, however, as [[Harmony]] came to understand the difference within moments of [[Final Ascension|his Ascension]].{{msh ref|6|9}} Learning information about the Beyond itself, however, is at least exceedingly difficult and may be impossible, even for Shards.{{wob ref|6556}}{{wob ref|2717}}{{wob ref|737}} Harmony, at least, still has not learned anything about it, though he considers going to it a kind of adventure.{{book ref|mb6|28}} [[Ruin]] claims that [[Mare]] "longed for Kelsier to join her in the Beyond," but it seems likely that he was simply lying to manipulate Kelsier and does not actually have knowledge of what occurs in the Beyond.{{msh ref|4|4}}{{book ref|sa4|117}}
While trapped in the [[Well of Ascension]], Kelsier refers to Ruin as "the thing Beyond,"{{msh ref|2|1}} but this is likely a misnomer as a Shard's power is concentrated in the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|6304}}
== Known Travelers ==
While all people who are not Slivers must go to the Beyond when they finally die,{{msh ref|1|1}}{{msh ref|6|8}} the transitions of the following people to the Beyond have been observed:
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* [[Vin]]{{msh ref|6|8}}
* [[Eshonai]]{{book ref|sa4|117}}
* [[Wayne]]{{book ref|mb7|74}}
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